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Show 0f the Uterus. 564- Book I. Part IV. torn or ulcered, the other is eitpol‘ed to the lame Difeal'es, whereupon the grofs Excrements of the Guts are tranfmitted through the Vagina "ten, in cafe of Laceration and Exulteration of the Intejiinum Ream». The magnitude of the Vagina. eni: in Dimenfions, to which it doth conform, as being Membranous, and tltdrdby can contract and dilate it feli, according to the leis or greater file of thePenir, wherein the Convex Figure of it is clofely conjoined to the Concave of the Vagina uteri. Out of Coition, and Libidinous lnclinations, the fides of the Vagina ure. ri grow flabby, and nearly approach each other, and refemble the Figure of an empty relaxed gut: Its outward Orifice is more {traight than the mid. The rubflanre ofrhe Vagiu. dle, and its Termination confining on the Cervix and Body of the uterus, is moli narrow of all. The inward fubfiance of the Vagina mm is Nervous, as being a contexture of numerous Nervous Fibrils (taking their Progrels in right, tranfverfe. and oblique pofitions, clofely conjoined) which give this part a mofl acute ionic, and render it liable to Pain and Pleafure, as it is acted with different, troublefome, and gratefill Objects. The Orifice of the Vagina being opened, its frame appeareth full ofUnevenneflfi of numerous Folds, fomewhat refembling the rough Surface belonging to the Palate of a Bullock, from which it dili‘ereth by reafon the Folds of the Vagina are more irregular, and have not [0 fireight a Paflage. ' Thefe Folds derive their Origen from the inward Coat of the Vagina, which being larger than the outward, is contracted into many Folds, which are evident in Maids, and grow leis and lel's in Women, and wholly dilappear after Child-Birth, by reafon the outward Membrane is {0 highly extended, after The inward furfacc of the Vagina Travail, that it is equal in Dimenfions to the Inward, whereupon the Folds of the inward Surface of the Vagina are wholly obliterated. The inward Surface of the Vagina is not only endued with many Folds and unevennefTes, but Pinked with divers fmall holes, which are greateli: and moli numerous about that part of it that confineth on the termination of the Urinary Palhige : Out of there various holes doth defiil a quantity of Serous Liquor into the Cavity oi the Vagina, which is very evident in the 363: of Coition, whereby the Vagina being much moifiened, doth outwardly emit this thin watry liquor, which {ome have conceived to be Seminal Liquor, by rcafon Women are afi‘eéied with as great Pleafure in the Flux of this Serous matter through the Pores of the Vagina, as Men, with that thin LiThe Foun‘ain of Serous juice, tommoniy cal|td Sctd,isplaCCd in the Glands ofthe Vagina. quor flowing out of the Prolirars into the urethra. The Fountain of this Serous Juice is feared in the Glands of the Vagina, which being heated in Coition, do throw of? the ratified fermentative Serous Liquor, through many minute Meatus into the Cavity of the Vagina, and thereby rendreth its Paliage very moifl: and flippery, which is plealanc in Coition. The Sphinfltr Muftlc. 0f the Uterus. ' 56$ There are other Carnous Bodies which appear when the Expanfions are Gm", m removed, and aflifi the conl‘triction of the Orifice of the Vagina, (as in con- [)anllonshelp- The Vagina urea is adorn‘e with an oblong round concave Figure, hold. ing great Analogy with the ‘4- Book I. Part IV. About the Borders of the Vagina, the Clitoris being removed, the Sphin&er Mufcle prefenteth it felf, which with an expanded progrefs of Fibres climb- eth up the {ides of the Vagina, and encompaffeth the lower Region of it, that it might contract its Orifice, chiefly in the time ofCoition, it being prudently contrived by the great Architect, that this part might have a POWer junéiion with the Procelies of the Sphinéter,) and are feared in the lower iiastiincgiiiic part of the Vagina, on each fidc, near the Labia 'Pudendi,-and do aicend to 32:33:" the Membranous rubliance, (' by which the ('liloria is fal'tened t0 the neigh- "‘3‘" bouring parts) and do terminate into it: The right and left fide of thele Bodies hold no entercouri‘e with each other, which Learned Dr. De Graaf hath made evident by an Experimcnr,.fo that one fide is blown up, and the other is no ways Tuinetied. The outward Subliance of there Bodies (helping the Sphinfier in contraéiing the entrance of the Vagina ) is cloathed witha thin Membranous eontexture, and their more inward Racelles are hued with a deep red or black- ilh colour, flowing from a quantity of Blood, lodged in the inward fubf'tance, framed of many Ramulers of Vell‘els and Fibres, which often meeting, and parting again after a little fpace, make a kind of Net-work,which may be is ordained by Nature to liraighten the Orifice of the Vagina, to give the more grateful Reception to the Penir, when every way encircled with the more cloie Embraces of the Orifice of the Vagina by reafon it being livell. ed with a quantity of Blood in Coition, cannot expand it {elf upward, as compreiled by the Procelles or Wings of the Sphincter Mulcles, and the two other adjacent Bodies, fo that the Orifice of the Vagina muii neceiiarily bend inward, and inwrap the Convex Surface of the (Penn within its (of: and pleafant Concave Encloliire. The outward Region of the Vagina is compofed of a (bit loofe flelh, as Theouthrd beret with divers caruous Fibres and minute Glands, (as I humbl conceive) 5,2,? m which tranlinit a quantity of Serous Liquor through the Pores o the inward Coat of the Vagina into its Cavity, to gratifie the Tcm'r in time of Coition with a Pleafant Moiliure. The Vagina ‘Uteri being an oblong concave Body, ( confifiing of an out- Thcdefcrip ward and inward Membrane, lined within with carnous Fibres, and many 3%?" iinall Glands) is To clofely united to the Neighbouring parts, the Inteflinum reamnfind neck of the Bladder of Urine, by the interpofition of many thin Membranes, that it cannot eafily be parted from them without the help of an expert hand, aflifled by a Knife. . . ' This entry of the Womb is furnifhed within and Enameled Without With many BIood-Veliels of feveral forts, Arteries, and Veins, as alfo With many Nervous Fibrils, which confiitute its outward and inward Coat, as a curious contexture of them. The Arteries make many reticular Divarications through the outward and 3:133:31.inward parts of the Vagina, and are derived from the Hypogafitick and Har‘ morrhoidal Branches; the lail: do make their Progrels through the lower Re- gion of the Vagina and the Hypogalirick Arteries do {port themfelves in numerous Ramulets about the {ides and other parts of the Vagina, which are To many inlets of Blood to render it warm and turgid in the Aft of Co-. man. The Veins of the Vagina uteri, being afrociates of the Arteries, do ob- Th'V‘F"'°‘ to contract and dilate it felf, that it might conform to the different {izes of ferve their Progrefs in various Divarications, and do take their Kile alfo from ‘h‘V‘W" the Hatmorrhoidal and Hypogaflrick Veins; the firli do impart fiurtful'Ra- the em, found in great Variety in lirveral Men. mulets to the inferior part of the Vagina, and the Hypogafirick do delrend and furnifh the [ides of it with numerous linall Branches, which encrrcle all There parts of the Vagina, and do make many Iuofcllilations with the Veins oi the term in the u u ' er Re ion of the Bearin - ace. PP g lirlirrrr The |
